PureDWTS Season 24 Week 7 – Media, Interviews, Scores, And More After The Dances
Man, a double elimination is always hard. Last night, was especially hard with Nancy Kerrigan getting eliminated. I can’t figure out this show sometimes? 🙁 I also can’t figure out who is going to win this season? Anything could happen?
So, let’s review the scores again:
Normani & Val 40 (10, 10, 10, 10)
Simone & Sasha 37 (10, 9, 9, 9)
Rashad & Emma 37 (9, 9, 10, 9)
David & Lindsay 32 (8, 8, 8, 8)
Bonner & Sharna 29 (7, 7, 8, 7)
Nancy & Artem 36 (9, 9, 9, 9) Eliminated
Nick & Peta 34 (8, 8, 9, 9) Eliminated
To relive all the dances again, see Idolxfactor (these videos work Internationally) and the official You Tube site. For media and recaps, first see People and Entertainment Tonight. Be sure to check back with these links through out the day for possibly more.
Glamour spoke to the couples backstage. Lots of good stuff here including some dance information for next week. Note too how Simone is talking to her agent about touring in the new DWTS tour this summer.
Although Simone and Sasha are still in the competition, they’re already looking ahead to the summer now that Sasha will be joining the Hot Summer Nights DWTS Tour. Laurie Hernandez joined Val on tour last winter, so will Simone do the same with Sasha? “I’m talking to my agent about it,” she told me backstage. “We’ll see. I’m not sure. I’m actually going to talk to her after this to see what’s cooking!”
David Ross was thrilled to avoid elimination last night, especially since it was his son’s eighth birthday. “He comes up to me and goes, ‘Dad, you got all 8s! And I turned 8 today! So you’re not going home! It’s a good omen!’ I’m like, ‘Alright, buddy, I hope you’re right!'” So how’d the Ross family celebrate the little guy’s birthday? “They are flying back home tonight (Monday), so we celebrated on Sunday. We saw Boss Baby and then went to the Cheesecake Factory, which he loves.”
Rashad Jennings was all smile backstages, especially upon hearing that Mandy Moore thinks he’ll be in the finals. “I had so much fun out there tonight. This entire week of working on this dance was fun for me.” It’s also fun for Rashad’s fans, who have fallen under the spell of the charismatic NFL player. So, has that translated into any marriage proposals? “It’s been [very] welcoming from the female audience!” he laughed. “There’s some nice people in the world!”
Sharna Burgess and Bonner Bolton were shocked to have survived the double elimination, with Sharna remarking, “Oh my God, we made it,” when she came backstage. Why the surprise? Well, for one, Bonner wasn’t even sure he’d be able to compete this week. “I was honestly thinking that [I might have to drop out of the competition],” Bonner admitted. “I was really nervous that I may not be able to handle much more. It’s a common thing we’ve talked about, but thanks to all the fans who are voting and pushing us through, when I get to those moments of doubt throughout the week, the fans and Sharna are believing in me, and it means the world to me. I doubt myself sometimes, and no matter what pain I’m going through, it helps me to push past that, and overcome it, and somehow found a way to keep making it work.”
While Bonner’s pain has subsided a bit this past week, he’s had to go to great lengths to keep it that way. Explains Sharna: “We had to take some time off this week to be easier on Bonner’s body because he was hurting so much. He’s feeling stronger, and we’re trying to figure out a better strategy without rehearsals. I think what we’re going to try and do is 2 ½ hours in the morning and 2 ½ hours in the evening, and then go to the plunge pool in between and re-set back to one. The thing is, we do need to do more work now, because it’s week 8 and everybody is amazing, and we want to step up to that level. We just have to figure out how to do that.”
Val and Normani got the evening’s only perfect score, and were granted immunity because of it. “I’m going to eat dessert and drink alcohol!” Val joked. “No, tomorrow we’ll get into the studio again. We got a perfect score which is great, but as long as we keep capturing the essence of the different performances that we’re doing, I think we’ll continue to get some good scores.”
Next week will be a big one for the duo, as they’ll dance a contemporary number to “Freedom” by Anthony Hamilton. “It’s not an easy performance, but at the end of it, it will be waterworks all over the studio,” Val promises. ” I think it’s an incredible song, and it will really challenge Normani. When the song is that big and the content is that powerful, the performance has to match that.”
More at Glamour.
Fox also chatted with some of the couples. I love how Rashad came up with the scary idea for his routine last night.
NFL player Jennings performed a horror movie inspired Paso Doble on Monday and told reporters later that he came up with the scary idea for the routine and his dream would be to write film screenplays one day.
Biles, with partner Sasha Farber by her side, said of her silent movie Charleston that she learned the entire dance in six hours: “I actually picked it up the quickest ever. I was locked in.
“I’m coming out of my shell week by week,” Biles added. “I feel like I’ve matured a lot being on this show.
“I’ve had to be a lot more independent to deal with grown men all the time. It’s just a struggle,” she joked about Farber.
Farber told reporters of his upcoming wedding to fellow pro Slater, who will both go on the upcoming “DWTS” tour together, “We’ll be planning [it] on the tour bus. I know we’re going to do it in L.A., we just don’t have a date or a place or a time.”
Former baseball player David Ross scored a combined 32 points and bull rider Bonner Bolton earned 31 for the night.
Ross admitted to FOX411 that he was shocked to make it through to week eight next Monday.
He commented about his science fiction themed salsa–which Judge Carrie Ann Inaba said “was full of content”–“I’m not a big sci fi guy, but it was fun! I’m having the time of my life.”
To read more, see Fox.
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And that makes this post a wrap for now. We’ll add more through out the day. So, keep checking back. Thanks for reading! ~Vogue
ETA: Exit interviews on GMA…
Nancy & Artem – Nick & Peta #DWTS #MovieNight Exit Interviews #GMA https://t.co/EtkawIGKAN Plz Share! pic.twitter.com/GbSAYjgBKY
— Al Kahn (@idolxfactor1) May 2, 2017
ETA2: Also, for those who love Nancy, the Tomorrow Show has an older interview where she talks on her career, raising a family and her work on some upcoming specials with her family. She also talked about how she would love to be on Dancing with the Stars and an upcoming documentary she is producing. Thnaks to QM for sending.
ETA3: ET Recap with Heather Morris….
We're LIVE with @HeatherMorrisTV recapping last night's #DWTS! Join us: https://t.co/tGrutPf2xE pic.twitter.com/CG4cne6eNm
— EntertainmentTonight (@etnow) May 2, 2017
ETA4: Access Hollywood interviews…
Extra:
.@viallnicholas28 talks going home on #DWTS: "It's a bummer to see it end."@DancingABC pic.twitter.com/cyMadokDPG
— ExtraTV (@extratv) May 2, 2017
.@NormaniKordei and @iamValC react to getting their first perfect score on @DancingABC!#DWTS pic.twitter.com/TWCU81f1yz
— ExtraTV (@extratv) May 2, 2017
It’s a shame Nancy was eliminated. Loved seeing her dance!
Me too. It doesn’t seem fair.
I was the one that thought Nancy was the dark horse (oh, well), but I still think that social media wise, both Nancy and Artem are very weak and that hurt them.
I’m going to miss Nancy and Artem, too. Nancy has been a favorite of mine since the 94 Olympics, and this year Artem seemed so happy to have her as his partner. It was hard every week to decide who to give my votes to,Nancy or Rashad, with Rashad getting the lion’s share. That might have been the reason she’s on her way home. A lot of folks did the same. No matter. I’ll miss her, but now I can concentrate on voting for Rashad. He is such a delight this season. I’m not getting my hopes up, because we all know DWTS politics are in full swing,but I’m going to do my part with voting.
@Vogue…Thank you for posting!
Professional judges??? LOL! They would never be qualified on a REAL COMPETITION! (excluding maybe Len)
I’d rather Shirley balance were guest judge last night!!!
The praise Normani gave Val was hard to listen to, as he has been too slack on choreography all season!! I guess he figures that he doesn’t have the competition like with Derek & Mark, so why bust his buns to really challenge his partner. (even though we know she can do more)
Loved Simone’s comment about only being 20 and people putting words in her mouth and pushing the “sexy” thang. Glad she isn’t afraid to stand up for herself.
Also loved the gracious exit comments above by Nancy & Artem. And, yes, I would have enjoyed seeing more of this couple, and it was a shock. Nancy did moves that weren’t even done by Normani.
One thing comes to mind, and it’s been brought up in past seasons that when the C-bros and now Peta get eliminated, all the votes of the Fam fans will go to the one remaining. Producers know this, and giving Normani to Val for a partner, sealed Val’s 3rd mirror ball. This season so much more OBVIOUS!
Yep, they are trying to make Val another Derek; but one difference—Derek really earned his with his “Emmy award winning dances.” Every single one of Bindi & Derek’s dances were different and memorable.
(no wonder he has 6 MBT’s & 2 Emmys and many nominations + other awards)
I’m not going to watch this show if they do this again in Season 25. 3 in a row is ONE TOO MANY NOW!
I surely hope I’m wrong, though.
As much as the “M” brothers get on my nerves at time, I do feel that Val is doing a good job directing/teaching Normani. I kinda think that Rashad or Simone will be the final two (2) and then Normani. My family and I was really shocked that Bonner is still around. Just saying????????????
I hate the cesspool of garbage on social media, but that’s not what made sure Nancy was eliminated. This is the first time On The Red Carpet ever interviewed them. The producers made sure Nancy stayed invisible. I really hate how this show pushed them down for doing proper ballroom and Latin while others got high scores for screwing the dog,
Pp
Gotta say I do love me some signature Artem hotel-themed dance. He must own the DWTS hotel by now.
I will miss Nancy as well. Why? Because she gave me a breath of fresh REAL air…not that smog stuff that causes lung cancer. She was real, had a great story, a growing trajectory, and a will to learn. I will also miss Artem, who is truly STRICTLY BALLROOM. I wonder if he still thinks the way he was on Strictly would work here as well. It’s a totally different ballgame and totally different show. Like Keo, when he came on first he was fresh off the boat and now he’s becoming more mainstream. Don’t know if that makes sense.